State Rep. Clarice Navarro, R-Pueblo, is stepping down from her legislative seat to become the new executive director of the Colorado Farm Servicing Agency, a federal appointment announced Monday by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

District 60 school enrollment count shows a decline of over 500 students in a report updated last Thursday and presented to the D60 Board of Education. The largest decline came at South High School which dropped 110 students. All D60 high schools lost enrollment from 4,418 students last year to 4,210 this year, a drop of nearly five percent.

A long term investigation conducted by the Pueblo Police Department and the Southern Colorado Safe Streets Task Force resulted in the seizure of 60 pounds of heroin, 2.5 pounds of meth, 50 grams of cocaine, 35 firearms and $540,000 in cash. Five were indicted.

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